{"id":2728,"date":"2014-08-12T18:29:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T01:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewliberty.com\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2014-08-12T18:29:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T01:29:45","slug":"shocked-stunned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/matthewliberty\/2014\/08\/12\/shocked-stunned\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocked and Stunned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things I\u2019ve seen online since the news came out about Robin Williams (and any other famous person that has taken their life in the era of the internet):<\/p>\n

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  1. Fuck Robin Williams, he took the coward\u2019s way out.<\/li>\n
  2. He had all that money so how could this even happen.<\/li>\n
  3. The media goes nuts over Robin Williams committing suicide but says nothing about the military men and women that die every day.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I will respond to each.<\/p>\n

    In regards to number 1: Educate yourself on depression, addiction, and other mental illness. Saying fuck him and calling him a coward doesn\u2019t help his family, it doesn\u2019t help you, it doesn\u2019t help me\u2026it does nothing positive. I suffer from depression and have been close to suicide twice over 12 years ago. You calling Robin a coward makes it harder for those of us that deal with this disease to come out about it.<\/p>\n

    In regards to number 2: Money has nothing to do with getting help or not. Sure, it can help you get into the best treatment centers but rich or not you still need to make the decision to get help and hope that help actually works. The disease depression does not care whether I have money or not.<\/p>\n

    In regards to number 3: Those of you that get upset at the media need to remember that we citizens are not the media. Don\u2019t use that against us. If you are upset about how the media handles it go to the media and tell them. Also, stop subscribing to their TV channels, their websites, and so on. They exist through the support of \u201cwe citizens\u201d. In communities across this country people, real people, remember the military men and women that die every day.<\/p>\n

    If the media over does the media attention on Robin in order to get more clicks to their website\u2026don\u2019t use that as a reason to come out against those that suffer from depression. I\u2019m sure those of us that suffer from depression are appreciative of our military and the sacrifices they make every day.<\/p>\n

    I don\u2019t know. I guess I\u2019m just shocked and stunned at all the hatred that comes out. I shouldn\u2019t be because I know there are a lot of assholes out there. It makes me sick though. The hate and constant complaining does absolutely nothing to move us forward. Telling someone that suffers from depression to toughen up and move on simply shows how ignorant and uneducated you are.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019m a bit worried about posting this. I feel like a bunch of hateful, angry pricks may come on here and challenge me. I will simply choose to not respond to those. I can\u2019t. It\u2019s unfortunate that this world contains people that are so narrow minded and hostile. I cannot change those minds. I can however attempt to carry the conversation forward\u00a0and try to help people rather than tear them down even more.<\/p>\n

    I will leave you with this. When I hear of someone losing their battle with depression I feel like I\u2019ve lost a teammate, a family member. So when I hear people saying that person was selfish (or whatever other inappropriate remark) I get angry. It makes me want to go further into my hole so I don\u2019t hear the same ridicule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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